Captain Paul Watson, founder of the marine conservation organisation Sea Shepherd, was arrested last week in Frankfurt, Germany, on an international arrest warrant issued by the Costa Rican government…
Persuading tourists to return to Japan has become a national mission for the country's officials.
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In a highly symbolic move, the World Tourism Summit this week opened in Sendai, Japan, the area most affected by last March’s tsunami and Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown.
Hosting the Summit, which…
Julia Gillard needs to do more to impress in South Korea.
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AUSTRALIA IN THE ASIAN CENTURY – A series examining Australia’s role in the rapidly transforming Asian region. Delivered in partnership with the Australian government.
Here, Dr Craig Mark – currently…
The legalities of whaling and protesting aren't black and white.
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Japanese whaling and Australian opposition to it has become as much a staple for the Australian media in summer as bushfires and the cricket. The level of interest has greatly intensified since Sea Shepherd…
Japan has lost its taste for nuclear, which means higher emissions and less energy security.
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Recently, Jenny Corbett, Executive Director of the Australia-Japan Research School at ANU, sat down with Tatsuo Hatta, Professor Emeritus at Osaka University and a former President of the Japanese Economic…
In Iceland, the whale is just another fish.
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On December 7, three whaling ships set out from Japan and kicked off the 2011 whaling season. For the next few months, Australian eyes will be focused on conflict in the Southern Ocean as the annual ritual…
Opposition leader Tony Abbott has signalled a shift towards Japan in our foreign and trade policy - but is this the right direction?.
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Opposition leader Tony Abbott’s comments in the Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian newspapers point to a shift in Coalition trade policy that would give Japan higher priority over China.
So why…
New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda faces major challanges
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Former Finance minister Yoshihiko Noda has become Japan’s sixth prime minister in five years after winning a leadership vote in the parliamentary wing of his Democratic Party of Japan.
Noda replaces Naoto…
Despite the clear benefits, Japan's agricultural sector seems resistent to an FTA with Australia.
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Prime Minister Julia Gillard was one of the first world leaders to visit Japan after the nation was stricken on 3 March by the earthquake-tsunami-radiation triple disaster.
But the Australian government…
Japanese yakuza gangsters have made significant donations to tsunami relief efforts.
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Should we bother to ask whether some gifts and donations could be interpreted as thinly veiled bribes, or is the distinction always clear?
A recent example of the potential ambiguity of gift-giving was…
